Sunday, April 17, 2011

(Let Them Eat) Cake Friday - Simnel Cake

Simnel cake is also an anagram of...
Seamen Licks
Leaks Mince
A Neck Slime
Silk Menace, and
Manic Leeks
I know this because I have hurt my back, can barely move and am VERY BORED.

Its a fruit cake, with a marzipan lid - am not a fan of marzipan unless its homemade, then its loooovley.

Simnel Cake - with artistic marzipan decorations

The decorations are supposed to represent 11 apostles and Jesus - Judas gets left off, because he does not deserve to be rolled out of a ball of marzipan, stuck under the grill briefly to brown and then eaten.

Jesus is the one in the middle, and these are happy apostles

I was a bit dubious about this one, but its actually very nice - if a bit on the Very Solid side.

It took some effort to cut this slice

The kids only like sultanas, "If they are on their own MUMMY, not In CAKE. NOT IN CAAAAAKE."